Photos of people with hearing impairment

Brazil

The hospital with special program for children with hearing impairment fitted Luciano dos Santos with hearing aids

Photo by WHO/Chris de Bode

Cinthia Pereira, 21 years old from Brazil, had meningitis which caused disabling hearing impairment

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